Sujeeth’s ‘They Call Him OG’ is super-stylish, but it could have used some good writing as well
- Trinity Auditorium
- Sep 26
- 1 min read
The point of the film is to present Pawan Kalyan as wonderfully as possible. Mission accomplished! And there are some good set pieces. But the rest of the story is too loose to matter, and the film ends up just about watchable. That’s the brief review. A longer review follows, and it may contain spoilers.
They Call Him OG opens in 1940, in Tokyo. There’s some breathless voiceover storytelling about the samurai, the yakuza, and a secret cult called Black Dragon Society. All of this happens in the first ten minutes, but not to worry. In case you walked in late, you’ll find you haven’t missed anything. This is not a complaint. Pawan Kalyan plays Ojas Gambheera, i.e. OG. Sujeeth’s sole mission is to showcase his leading man as gloriously as possible – and that he does gloriously. Rarely has a mass-hero vehicle looked so good. Even the relentless bloodletting looks like spillovers from a candle-lit fine arts classroom. Ravi K Chandran is the cinematographer, and he shoots the film with intoxicating amber tones that make the scenes look like they are seen through a glass of Scotch. (Manoj Paramahamsa contributed some additional work.) Purely as a series of visuals set to Thaman’s pulsating score, OG cannot be dismissed – especially on the big screen.
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